Mona Passage

Mona Passage
Canal de la Mona
Location of the Mona Passage.
Mona Passage
Coordinates	18°30′N 67°53′W / 18.500°N 67.883°W / 18.500; -67.883
Basin countries	Puerto Rico (United States) Dominican Republic

The Mona Passage (Spanish: Canal de la Mona) is a strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The Mona Passage connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and is an important shipping route between the Atlantic and the Panama Canal.

The Mona Passage is 80 miles (130 kilometers) long. It is fraught with variable tidal currents created by large islands on either side of it, and by sand banks that extend out from both coasts.